Infrastructure, energy and transport: every brief

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The state's build programme and the money behind it: roads, the electricity network, rail and ports, and the tenders and loans that carry them. The desk follows contract awards, their published values and the gap between what is budgeted and what is paid out, which is where most of these projects stall.

The desk has published 26 briefs in this storyline, the most recent on 3 November 2026: Energy minister announces possible power cuts in Centre, South and East on 4 November 2026.

Key dates

  • Socadel signs six tenders worth a combined 44.54 billion FCFA to reinforce the Northern Interconnected Network. Bids are due on 23 October.
  • The Public Contracts Regulatory Agency publishes the Socadel consultations.
  • A 12 October strike called by airport taxi unions over the TaxiGo platform is announced.

Every brief in this storyline

  1. Energy minister announces possible power cuts in Centre, South and East on 4 November 2026
  2. Cameroon minister bans sale of unregistered motorcycles
  3. Public Works Minister Nganou Djoumessi orders faster work on Far North road projects
  4. Public works minister inspects Maroua’s Pont Vert for structural damage
  5. Fuel fraud squad seizes 10,000 litres of diesel in Meiganga
  6. Cameroon internet users plan 30 October 2026 boycott of MTN and Orange
  7. KC Trade proposes deferred-payment fuel imports to Cameroon energy minister
  8. Globeleq’s unpaid Eneo bills reach 147bn FCFA as Cameroon weighs sector funding
  9. Nsam school stays shut as minister and prefect dispute expulsion account
  10. Tasong rallies CPDM support for Biya at Wabane party meeting
  11. French ambassador visits Douala port to discuss Manoka island extension
  12. Camrail says 98% of Eseka crash compensation paid, 10 years on
  13. [UPDATE]: BEAC sets 1 November 2026 coin deadline as traders refuse old pieces
  14. [UPDATE]: Old coins refused in Cameroon shops before 1 November 2026 deadline
  15. BEAC says five old coin series lose legal tender on 1 November 2026
  16. Cameroon procurement minister orders women, youth and disabled on tender boards
  17. CEMAC committee ends legal tender status of five BEAC coin series from November 1
  18. Dion Ngute inspects Meyo pharmaceutical plant site
  19. Minister alerts police chief to fuel losses from trafficking
  20. Socadel launches 44.54bn FCFA in tenders for northern grid
  21. Canyon pays Cameroon CFA4.4bn advance for Minim-Martap rail upgrades
  22. Cameroon opens tender to rebuild 167 km Yaounde-Edea road
  23. Yaounde impounds unregistered taxis after identification deadline
  24. Airport taxi unions announce general strike from 12 October over TAXIGO
  25. Energy minister reviews SOCADEL restructuring in Douala
  26. Cameroon signs 139.2 billion XAF Islamic Development Bank loan for Douala-Bafoussam road

Last updated: 4 November 2026